Protecting your brand: Stolen data from drives and media can hurt you
It’s important to have a system in place to destroy sensitive data onsite as soon as a device is retired or a hard drive fails. Drives filled with sensitive data that are left in accessible areas of a business are vulnerable to disgruntled employees as well as visitors.
Does Your Company Have the Same IT Security Lapses as the VA?
Later this month, the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will release a security audit that identifies the IT weaknesses of non-classified government agencies, according to Data Breach Today. Surprisingly, the audit confirmed cyberthreats to the VA from both domestic and international hosts.
However, an expert quoted in the article noted that the same lapses uncovered at the VA are also prevalent in the private sector, and blamed a lack of education for failure to commit to basic security measures.
ISO 27001: What Does It Mean & Why is it Important?
ISO 27001: What Does It Mean & Why is it Important? [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] We’re proud to announce that TechR2 has received ISO 27001 Certification. We’re very excited about this step forward, but what does it all mean? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) provides globally recognized management standards to the electronics recycling industry on […]
Is it IT’s job to convince their execs to prioritize data security?
Is it IT’s job to convince their execs to prioritize data security? [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]A recent blog post in Tech Republic cites an enlightening Ponemon Institute report about the effectiveness of security metrics. As it turns out, great security metrics typically don’t drive companies to enhance security. Why? It’s no surprise that IT people either feel […]
Is your CEO criminally liable if discarded data devices aren’t clean?
Is your CEO criminally liable if discarded data devices aren’t clean? IT professionals are often frustrated by CEOs and corporate executives who don’t prioritize data security. This is frequently a case of priorities and personalities rather than rational decision making. Last week we wrote about corporate executives imprisoned for improper disposal of technology waste. This […]
Retiring point of sale terminals? Protect your data.
Retiring point of sale terminals? Protect your data. We’ve all been to the grocery store, tried to sign the screen for our credit card purchase, and watched as our careful signature is rendered as an illegible scrawl. In-store credit card terminals and point of sale (POS) terminals don’t last forever. But what happens when they […]
Data Security Step 1: Don’t let sensitive data walk off
Data Security Step 1: Don’t let sensitive data walk off Do you think most exposure of sensitive data is because of hacking into computer networks? Thousands of patient records and consumer accounts are exposed to the world every month because employees download the information onto portable disk drives, laptops or mobile devices and then lose […]
A Year of Achievements at TechR2
2013 was a very successful year at TechR2. We continue to strive to be an innovator in onsite data destruction, a marketplace that is still in its infancy. Our entire team was involved in the ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems Certification process and all our hard work paid off. We are the first […]